South Carolina head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley announced that Alicia Tournebize (pronounced al-EE-see-uh TOR-nah-beez) (Charmeil, France / Lycee Alain Fournier) has signed a financial aid agreement to attend the University and play for the Gamecocks.
UConn is back on top of women’s basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday behind Azzi Fudd’s 24 points.
Dawn Staley and South Carolina are one win away from joining an elite group of programs in women’s basketball history with a third national championship in four seasons.
The journey has been more challenging than usual, but Dawn Staley and defending national champion South Carolina are still getting the job done.
Coach Dawn Staley’s top-seeded Gamecocks are two wins away from becoming the first team to repeat as champions since UConn won four straight from 2013-16. South Carolina will play the winner of the Texas-TCU game that takes place Monday night.
Ugly victories are quite common in the NCAA Tournament. Duke coach Kara Lawson and South Carolina’s Dawn Staley know that well.
Bree Hall had 11 points and Chloe Kitts scored all her 10 points in the second half as top seed South Carolina pulled away after trailing at halftime to beat ninth-seeded Indiana 64-53 on Sunday in the women’s NCAA Tournament and reach the Sweet 16 for the 11th straight time.
Coach Dawn Staley knows her team won’t make that mistake again on Sunday when it faces Indiana for the second straight year in the women’s NCAA Tournament, this time with a Sweet 16 berth on the line.
In total, 15 signs recognizing the program’s three championships will go up around the state.
Joyce Edwards has started what might be her most challenging task yet — finding where the McDonald’s All-American and third-rated prospect in the country fits in for defending national champion South Carolina.
